Education:
B.A., Wheaton College
M.S., Benedictine University
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Certification: ACSM Exercise is Medicine Level III
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CCEP)
Research Interests: My research is in the area of exercise immunology. This includes the effect of acute and chronic exercise on immune function, diabetes, and aging, as well as inflammation and wound healing. I also do research in cardiac rehabilitation, including exercise and mortality, HIIT, and differences in how males and females respond to exercise.